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the term “efferent” is typically associated with ______ and the term “afferent” with ________.
motor output; sensory input.
clusters of cell bodies below the cortex but within the central nervous system (eg. deep in the cerebral hemispheres or in the brainstem) are called?
nuclei
the primary motor cortex is located in the:
frontal lobe
what is a central pattern generator?
neuronal circuits that can produce rhythmic motor patterns such as walking, breathing, and swallowing in the absence of higher cortical imputs
The thalamus receives all the __information from the brain stem and relays it to specific cortical areas.
motor
sensory
olfaction
sensory
A ___________is a rod-like unit in a muscle cell.
myofibrils
This type of muscle is involuntary and makes up part of the esophagus. Please click on the WORDS, not the images.
smooth muscle
define the types of skeletal muscle fibers to their properties. Type l Type ll Type ll A Type ll B
high endurance, slow to fire.
low endurance, fast to fire.
medium endurance and high force.
greatest force generator and fatigues easily.
Hypotonicity
reduced resistance, flaccidity, or “floppiness”.
Hypertonicity
increased resistance, spasticity.
Which of the following types of training involve increasing the work a muscle must perform during a specified period of time or reducing the amount of time required to produce a given force?
Endurance training
Strength training
Power training
Power training
Which of the following is the relationship between muscle length and tension?
dynamics
at the neuromuscular junction, what happens to the post synaptic muscle cell as it is depolarized.
the muscle contacts
Sprinters are likely capitalizing on which muscle type?
Type l
For reflexes, the afferent signal makes connection with efferent neurons at the:
spinal cord
the term for how long a contraction is held is:
duration
Overload principle: the muscle must be challenged at a force that is ________ than that to which it it accustomed.
greater
what are the steps of muscle contraction at the neuromuscular junction?
- Presynaptic: releases vesicles of acetylcholine.
- Postsynaptic: acetylcholine binds to specialized receptors in the muscles motor endplate.
- Underlying muscle fibers are depolarized and contract.
What are the functions of neurotransmitters?
excitatory = Ions depolarize Inhibitory = hyperpolarized cell
somatic nervous system
where?
what?
PNS
controls voluntary movements
What are the two parts of the autonomic nervous system
parasympathetic division
sympathetic division
where and what is the autonomic nervous system?
PNS
involentary
where and what is the parasympathetic division?
PNS
rest and digest
where and what is the sympathetic division?
PNS
flight or flight